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A '''''mohel''''' (Hebrew מוֹהֵל moˈhel, Ashkenazi pronunciation ˈmɔɪ.əl, plural: מוֹהֲלִים ''mohalim'' mo.haˈlim, מוֹהֲלָא ''mohala'', "circumciser") is a Jewish person trained in the practice of ''[[Brit Milah|brit milah]]'', the "covenant of [[circumcision]]."

Under Jewish law, a mohel must draw blood from the circumcision wound. Most mohels do it by hand with a suction device, but some Orthodox groups use their mouth to draw blood after cutting the foreskin.<ref>Hartog, Kelly,[http://www.jewishjournal.com/community_briefs/article/death_spotlights_old_circumcision_rite_20050218 Death spotlights old circumcision rite], JewishJournal.com, 17 February 2005 Retrieved 2 February 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6898403/ Rabbi probed for circumcised infants' herpes], nbcnews.com, 2 February 2005 Retrieved 2 February 2015</ref><ref>Distel R, Hofer V, Bogger-Goren S, Shalit I, Garty BZ. "Primary genital herpes simplex infection associated with Jewish ritual circumcision". Isr Med Assoc J 2003;5:893–4, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14689764</ref><ref>"Penile herpes simplex virus type 1 infection presenting two and a half years after Jewish ritual circumcision of an infant". Sex Transm Dis. 2013 Jun;40(6):516-7 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23680909</ref> The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning in 2012 about the health implications of this practice, citing 11 cases of neonatal HSV and two recorded fatalities.<ref>[http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6122a2.htm CDC: Neonatal HSV Infection from Circumcision-Related Orogenital Suction] Baum SG: Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2012 Jun 8; 61: see page 405–409 Retrieved 2 February 2015</ref>
A 2013 review of cases of neonatal [[Herpes simplex virus|HSV]] infections in Israel identified ritual circumcision as the source of HSV-1 transmission in 31.8% of the cases.<ref>Amir Koren, et al. [http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/files/herpes-simplex-neonates-israel-7-cases-8-years-koren_nhsv_infections_israel_pid_2013.pdf (PDF) Neonatal Herpes Simplex virus infections in Israel] Pediatr Infect Dis. J 2013 32:120-123 Retrieved 2 February 2015</ref>
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